HonestReporting occasionally veers somewhat right of my views, but their analyses are worthwhile.

Madeleine Albright will be reading from her book Memo to the President Elect: How to Restore America's Reputation and Leadership at the Union Square Barnes & Noble tonight at 7:00. Anyone else want to come?

They let us come to the courthouse late today. We were told that we should arrive at 10:15, but that there would be a grace period of fifteen minutes.* Attendance wasn't taken until 10:40 ( Read more... )

This has been making the rounds for the past nine years, which I suppose makes it a minor classic of Internet literature.

The world's tallest man made structure is a TV antenna mast in Blanchard, North Dakota. It will eventually be passed by the Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower), which is currently under construction.

Green teas are supposed to be brewed below the boiling point, usually at 80 degrees Celsius. Short of standing over the kettle with a probe thermometer, how is one supposed to figure out when the water has reached that temperature? Chinese tea production predates the mercury thermometer by a couple of millennia, so there must be some other way.

Ever play Scrabble (or its delightful online ripoff, Scrabulous) and wish that an imaginary word were real? Right now I could score a really nice move if only vamputee were part of the English lexicon.

Some people think that Americans have an odd relationship with food. Those people are right.

A little while ago I posted a link to a page sent to me by my uncle. It's very fun, and I recommend viewing if you didn't see it before. I suppose I recommend viewing anyway, since it changes daily.

Oh, and the first person to explain the title of the aforementioned post gets a cookie.

Courtesy of sovay:


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